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l lNsEGT DESTROYER. No. 276,613, v Patented Ma.y1,1883.

4.To all whom it may conce-ra i, miran Sterns 'PATENT Urraca;

FRANcis D. Loomis AND JOHN B. nuronigor FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

laisser-DESTROYER.

SPEIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 276,618', dated May 1,1883.

- I .ApplicntioniilcdSeptclnhcrll,1882. (Noinodchly Bc it known that we, FRANCIS D. Loomis and JOHN B. DUPONT, of Framingham, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Iniprovemeut in insect-Destroyers, ot' which the following is a description suiiiciently t'ull,clear,`

and exact to enable any lperson skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertalus to make and use the same, reference be- Y ing had to the accompanying drawings, form'- ing a part of this specification, in which-- Figure-l is, an isometrical perspective view,

i representing the device in use; Fig. 2, a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical transverse sec-` tion of the iioat detached.

, Like lettersot reterenceindicate correspondi ing parts in the different figures oi the drawlugS.

Our invention relates to that class ot' insectdestroyers which are employed in killing or destroying insects on pinnts, vegetables, trees, Sncf; and it consists in a Anovelconstruction and arrangement of the parts, -as hereinafter `more fully set forth an'dmclaimed.

In the drawings, A represents the reservoir or tank, and B the strap hywhich it is carried when in use, the strap heilig secured 4tothe tank byany proper and convenient means, and rendered extensible or adjustable by buckles or similar appliances. Connected with the lower part ofthe reservoir there is a ilexible tube, O, having at its outer end a sprinkler, D, provided with an elongated rigid handle, E, which is tubular in its construction and opens` into the sprinkler-head a, to which it is attached at un angle oi' about thirty-three dcgrees, or so that when the sprinkler is in use its face or perforated side will be parallel, orl

and each machine may be provided with two` pipes andtwo sprinklers, it' desiredis shown in Fig. 1. i i

The oat represented in Fig. 3 consists ot' un annular disk otA wood, m, having the cen.

trai opening or pocket, fr, and provided with. .ai circularforaminous plate, b, secured' to the lower face oi the disk in such manner as to coarse cotton cloth, or other fibrous material,

is attached to the disk m, and hangs suspended therefrom, heingiilled with sawdust, tine parnent in its character and of lighter specific gravity than water.4 'In the useof our improvement the tank or ticles of cork, or any similar material, pcrmareservoir A is filled with water, und the float G inserted in the same through thc opening J, which is provided with a. proper cover. The pocket is then filled with paris-green or some other soluble poison, which .passes under the disk m andover the plate I), through which it is filtered into or through the particles of cork for sawdust Q in the sack il. The float is designed to be so'constructed or' weglited'that when the pocket x is filled with parisgreen or thepoison to be used, the top ot' the disk on will he on a level or slightly below the Waterdine or level of the'water in the tank, or so that the waves of water, caused by the movements oi' the tankwill break or wash into the pocket or, and, passing through the plate b and ltering material Q carry the poison in solution through the sackH into the main bod v oi' water in the tank, and thus` thoroughly impregnate the same. Ai't'cr the float is inserted in Vthe tank and iilled with poison, as described,

the tank is mounted on the shoulders ot' the person using or operating the device,as shown in Fig. 1, heilig kept in position bypassing the arms through the straps 1i. The handle E ofthe sprinkler D is then taken in the hand ot the operator and the spray `from the saine di rectcd onto the plants in u manner which will be readily understood without a more. explicit description. 'lhere may bc used, it' dcsircd, a curved guard or shield, L, attached to the tank A,so as to leave an airspace,p, between the tank and shield, as best sccirin Fig. 2, whercbythe tank is detached or kept removed from the body or back ot the person carryingI the sume a suilicie'nt distanccto avoid the ill cii'eets ot the close contact oi the tank with the body ofthe user.

XVhcn the device is not inns'c the sprinklerheads muy be elevated above the icvclof the water in the reservoir,and secured in position oughly accomplished when the same is placed of the oat.

by means ofthe arm N, which is provided with l a hook, g, on its outer or free end for that purpose, the arm, resting` in the bracket t, and when not in use, hanging bythe side ot' the tank, as seen in Fig. 1.

It will be obvious that the paris green or other soluble salt or poison used for impregnating the water in the reservoir, by being suspended in the float, as described,will be thoroughly dissolved and disseminated through the whole mass of Water, which is not so thordirectly in the Water Without thc intervention Having thus described our invention, what we claim is` 1. A oating poison receptacle and distributer forinsectdestroyers, consisting ot' a buoyant disk having an opening or mouth, a perfo- .rated diaphragm below the disk and a pendzo W. N. MASON, FREDERICK M. EsTY. 

